Partial-wave analysis

Partial-wave analysis, in the context of quantum mechanics, refers to a technique for solving scattering problems by decomposing each wave into its constituent angular-momentum components and solving using boundary conditions. Partial wave analysis is typically useful for low energy scattering where only a few angular momentum components dominate. At high energy were scattering is weak, an alternative called the Born approximation is used.: 507 

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